June 11 is King Kamehameha Day in Hawaii. They usually put really long leis on the arm of the King Kamehameha statue downtown and have a parade. But this year those events were cancelled. The news showed that some people still went to put leis on the statue.
Hawaii News Now had a story about King Kamehameha statues. This is the most famous one. But there are King Kamehameha statues on the Big Island and Washington D.C. The story also talks about one that used to be in Las Vegas.
Hawaii Magazine had a article that talked about three legends about King Kamehameha. One of them was about the Naha Stone.
It's a 5,000 pound stone. It said that a royal baby would be placed on the stone and if it cried it was cast out. If it didn't cry it would prove that it was royal.
The article also said that it was believed that anyone who could move the stone would have the mana or power to unite the Hawaiian Islands. Kamehameha did that when he was 14 years old.
The stone is now in front of the Hilo Public Library.
We found this cool tweet from the Bishop Museum showing a picture of the first King Kamehameha Day Parade in 1914.
The University of Hawaii also tweeted a link to a Kahoot! quiz about King Kamehameha. Here's a link to the quiz.
Here's one of the 10 questions.
Today is also National Corn on the Cob Day. I haven't eaten corn on the cob in a while. I like it with a lot of salt and pepper. We found this article that talked about how people eat corn on the cob can tell you some characteristics about them. I eat my corn on the cob in circles.
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